Faucet



Sept. 21 ,1929. 1 1,690,919

. W. F. ALBRECHT FAUCET Filed NOVI 20. 1925 WITNESS:

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Patented Sept. 21,1926.

WILLIAM F. ALBRECHT, .orsALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

Application filed November 20, 1925. Serial No. 70,394.

This invention relates to improvements in faucets, the general object ofthe invention 'being to make the working parts removable,

be easily and quickly `form the parts that the washer will be prac'- f tically enclosed by walls of metal when tue :faucet'is closed. Y

Another object of the invention is to so arrange the parts that the washer which actsjin conjunction with the valve member to prevent the flow of water through the faucet also actsas aV gasket for preventing leakage between the Working'parts'and the partition in the bodyA ot the faucet. v

This .invention also `consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described. illus- Vtrated inthe accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims. y

In describing my invention in detail. reterence will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Y Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view through the improved faucet.

Figure 2 is a section on line 2+2 ot Figure 1. A

Figure 3 is ure l.

In these views, 4 indicates the body of the faucet which is pro-vided with the usual partition 5, which has the port 6 therein 'tor the a section on line 3-8 ot Figpassage of the water from one portion ot the body to the other, this port having its walls threaded, as shown. An internally threaded barrel 7 snugly lits in the cylindrical extension ot the body, said barrelhaving the li cles S adjacent its lower end and a flange 9 which forms, with the lower port-ion orp the barrel, a seat for t-he washer 9 which engages a seat formed on the top ot lthe partition when the barrel is in place. The head 1U of the valvestem 11 is threaded to engage the threads of the barrel, and a ring-shaped valve member 12 is threaded to the lower part ot' the head and has its beveled jlower end arranged to engage the washer 9 when the valve is in closed position. As will be seen, when'the parts are in thisV position,

.the holes 8 will be closed by the member 12.

so that water cannot pass through the faucet.l

,A Vwater-tight junction is formed vbetweei'i Vthe beveled end of the member 12 and the washer 9. A gasket may be placed between the member 12 vand the head 10 to make a water-tight joint. A cap 13 screws on theV top ofthe cylindrical extension and carries the packing le and the washers 15 for ina-king a watertight-joint.V The usual handle ,4

16vis connected with the val nut 17. f

e stem bythe From the foregoing, it will be seen-that i when the stein is turned by t-he handle, the head 10 will rotate inthe barrel 7v and due to its threaded connection with said barrel, i

it Vwill be raised or lowered accordingto the direction of rotation. Thus the member `l2 will be moved to uncover or cover the openings 8. Vhen the member uncovers the openings, water can flow from one portion of the body to the other through the port 6 and the holes 8. Vhen'it is desiredtojremove the parts for repairs or vthe like, it is simply necessary to 'take olf the cap 13 and pull the parts from the body, the barrel .7 sliding out of the body and bringing the washer 9 with' it. Then by holding the barrel in onek hand and turning the stein withl Y the other, the member'12 can be made to torce the washer 9 out of the barrel, so that a new washer can be put in place. As will be seen, from Figure 1, when the faucet is closed, the washer is practically surrounded by the metal parts. Attention is also called to the fact that the washer does not move,

but the member 12 moves in the opening and closing movement of the valve,

A plug 18 is threaded in the head 1() and has a socket adapted to receive a key or other tool which is passed through the stem 11, which is made hollow for this purpose, so that the plug can be threaded in the port 6 to close the same so that the workingparts can be removed from the body without the escape of water and withoutturning oil2 the water in the system.

A spring sleeve 19, having its lower end tapered and split, is arranged in the .head l0 Vand acts to conduct the plug 18 in its movenient from the head to the port 6, as these Vparts areso arranged that the plug Will'leave the threads in the Ahead before it engages the threadslin the port -'6 so that some means must be provided to support the plug after `it leaves the head'vand before it reaches lthe I port. This will prevent injury to the threads or cross threading. Y

This key forms thesubjeetamatter of an i Y application iiled concurrent with this aption' that'the advvanta-gesand novelrfeatnres' plication. v j Y Y It 1-1s thought from theforegoing descripof myinvention will bereadily apparent.

desire fit to kbe ,understood that I may f make changes; in 1the'fconstruetion and in Ythe combination andr arrangement O ,the ,several Y parts, provided that such lchanges fall With-v inithe scopeV of the appendediclaims.

ing .abcd-y `having a partition therein provided with a portV and a Aseat at its' upper Apart, ai vbarrel removably littingin the body Yand having a flange' spaced from :its lovver end and holes ,in-the barrel above AVthe flange,

a Washer carried by the barrel and engaging the ilangethereof andfrestingon the seat of fthe partition,tlie interior of the barrel being threaded, a valve head threaded to engage the threads in the` barrel; and having a ring shaped member at its'lowerend for eovering `the holes in Vthe 'barrel and engaging the washer, a stem Connected with the head` a handle on the stem and a cap encircling the stem and threaded to a partfof the body for -removablyvholding the parts in position'. '-2. VAr'faueet of the'class described, comprising a body having partition therein v provided with V'a port, a kbarrel removably littingiin a part of the body and having holes inits lower end,an internal iange on the `barre] spaced Vfrom the' lower end, a Washer handle on the stem and a cap through .Whichy .thestein passes and threaded to thebodyffor holding the parts in place.

3.V A aucet, `comprising a body having aai partitionftherein with a threadedopeningfa barrel. removably seatedinithebodyfand llav- Ving holes in its `lower end, a Washer ere movably located in the inner end of `the barrel andengagmg avportio'n oftheipartltion, a lvalve head threaded itolthe-ba-r-re-l :and having a valve member at its :lowerend :for closing the holes in the barrel vand engaglng the Washer, a tubular stem :on the head, a soeleted plug in rthe head adapted to have its sooletenp'aged by a rtool passed" through the stem so that'the plug'oan bernoved from Y the head and placed'in engagement Wiiththe hole in theV partition, a handle'oonneoted With the stein and a cap through which thestern passes and threaded to `a, part-of the body for holding theparts in position.

v In testimony whereof I afhlxmyfsig'nature.

WILLIAM r. ALBRECHST. 

